Joyce A. Soderberg

Holden - Joyce Ann (Christenson) Soderberg, 74, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012.
Joyce was born in Worcester to Harold I. and Delia A. (McGowan) Christenson. She was a graduate of Boylston schools and Commerce High School and took courses at Salter Secretarial School. She worked for many years at Paul Revere Life Ins. Co. and retired from MassDEP. She had volunteered in Girl Scouts, at Dawson School, and as a Sunday school teacher at the Boylston Congregational Church. Joyce was a great homemaker and loved to cook and bake.
She leaves her husband of 52 years, Norman T. Soderberg; three children, Jon T. Soderberg of Gilbert, Ariz.; Peter E. Soderberg and his wife Sandra of Florence; and Amy L. Miller Soderberg of Rutland; five grandchildren, Jenna, Samuel, and Christopher Soderberg and Kirsten and Katarina Miller; two sisters, Betty E. Lamberto of West Boylston and June G. Caldbeck-Crone and her husband Charles W. Crone of Sterling. The funeral is Tuesday, April 17, at Nordgren Memorial Chapel, 300 Lincoln St., Worcester, with a calling hour at 10 a.m. and the service at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Boylston. Memorial contributions may be made to the Boylston Congregational Church, 10 Church Street, Boylston, MA 01505. (NordgrenMemorialChapel.com)